This poem describes "the hills," "the vales," and "the venerable woods" as only "solemn decorations." The reader of this poem is advised to "go not, like the quarry-slave at night,/ Scourged by his dungeon." Instead, this poem concludes that one should "approach thy grave" like a person who "lies down to pleasant dreams." For 10 points, name this p
This poem describes "the hills," "the vales," and "the venerable woods" as only "solemn decorations." The reader of this poem is advised to "go not, like the quarry-slave at night,/ Scourged by his dungeon." Instead, this poem concludes that one should "approach thy grave" like a person who "lies down to pleasant dreams." For 10 points, name this poem that serves as a meditation on death by the writer of "To a Waterfowl," the American poet William Cullen Bryant.
This poem describes "the hills," "the vales," and "the venerable woods" as only "solemn decorations."
"Thanatopsis"